Objective: To determine the effect of very low birth weight (VLBW; < 1500 g) and moderately low birth weight (MLBW; 1500-2499 g) on children's mental and motor development and physical growth during ...

Although both survival and developmental outcome in preterm infants have improved during the last years, very preterm birth remains a major risk factor for cerebral injury and for later ...

New research in mice suggests that whether pups are delivered vaginally or by caesarean section (C-section) has measurable effects on the developmental process of neuronal cell death, and alters ...

Neanderthals had a brain at birth of a similar size to that of modern-day babies. However, after birth, their brain grew more quickly than it does for Homo sapiens and became larger too. Nevertheless, ...